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[silky_3699]

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whoa! that is awesome! haha!

i have bookmarked it!

 

[AV Brahmas]

One comment....chickens will generally scratch up and eat maggots in the litter. They are inevitable if you have more than a couple chickens and a life beyond them. I am wondering why they were still there for you to observe? Wire over the litter or something other than fly larvae and the chickens don't like them?

 

[emmak]

The droppings don't fall straight to the bottom of the coop. There's a spot right under their roost where I put papers, and pretty much all their droppings landright there during the night. Then I just take out the papers. The birds don't get in that area. Probably not a large enough spot for them to stand and scratch in. They do most of their hunting and pecking out in the run (or the yard when I left them free range). They mostly use the coop for egg laying, safety, and sleep.